The Unknown World Trail map

This article follows previous installments detailing the south east of the Known World (Five Shires, Karameikos, Ierendi, Minrothad and Thyatis) in Threshold issue #13: http://pandius.com/Threshold_13.pdf, the Broken Lands and Shadowlands in Threshold issue #14 http://pandius.com/Threshold_14.pdf, the central nations (Darokin, Alfheim, Glantri and Ethengar) in Threshold issue #15 http://pandius.com/Threshold_15.pdf, and the eastern nations (Ylaruam, Rockhome and the Northern Reaches) in Threshold issue #16 http://pandius.com/Threshold_16.pdf, and to be completed with the north in Threshold issue #19. See the introduction of the first article of this series for a full explanation of the population maps and the purpose of these articles.

[Image: Known World Populations]

Known World Populations

Yellow: Settled lands, high human (or halfling) density, average 75 humans (or halflings) per square mile.
Orange: Borderlands, low human or halfling population, average 25 people per square mile. May contain other races also, average 2.5 people per square mile.
Purple: Humanoids, giants and others, average 25 per square mile. May also contain small number of humans, average 1.2 per square miles.
Green: Elves, average 20 per square mile. May also contain small numbers of fairies, average 2.5 per square mile.
Dark green: Elven borderlands, average 10 elves per square miles. Should also contain fairies, average 10 per square mile.
Brown: Dwarves and/or gnomes, average 70 per square miles. Each hex should be inhabited by 4,000-5,000 dwarves with very low numbers of other creatures, if any.
Dark Brown: Dwarven borderlands, average 15 per square miles. Should contain also humanoids and other races, average 15 per square mile.
Blue: Lupins or Rakasta, average 40 per square mile.
Yellow-green: Humans and elves of Wendar, average 50 per square mile.
Gold: Wendar borderlands, average 20 humans or elves per square mile. May also contain fairies, average 5 per square miles.
Grey: Oghriz of the Adri Varma, average 25 per square mile.
Light orange: Mixed Oghriz, humanoids and humans, average 25 per square mile.

Atruaghin lands

Populations and density

In the Atruaghin lands, I have marked only towns and cities of the clans as settled territory, meaning they are regions inhabited only by humans. In the yellow hexes there are about 75 people per square mile with a total population of 350,000 people. Some of these people will be roaming the wilderlands most of the year, given the nomadic life of most clans.
The borderlands in orange are about 560 hexes and should have a very low human density, about 10 per square mile, and 10 members of other races, like centaurs, lupins, fairies and wood imps, ents, harpies, orcs and other humanoids, werecreatures, lizardmen and troglodytes, meaning about 350,000 human inhabitants and 350,000 of other races.
The wilderlands in purple, numbering about 470 hexes, should have about 25 inhabitants of other races per square mile and about 1 human, meaning about 750,000 inhabitants of various races, mostly red orcs and other humanoids, fairies and centaurs, lizardmen and troglodytes, and 30,000 humans.
The territory should be able to support about 1,000 dragons. My estimation of the population of the land is 730,000 humans, 300,000 red orcs, 150,000 other humanoids, 50,000 lupins, 50,000 centaurs, 50,000 other fairies, 150,000 lizardmen and 150,000 troglodytes, 200,000 other creatures which could include werecreatures, geonids, rockmen, gyerians, tortles, crabmen, brutemen, chameleon men, frogfolk, caymen or any other race the DM could find appropriate. Canon products in fact have little or no information about other people which could live in the Atruaghin lands, and only red orcs, centaurs and werecreatures are mentioned. Note also that the total square miles given in canon product, less than 50,000, is clearly wrong. Looking at the 8 miles per hex canon map, the total area is more like 70,000 square miles. The population estimated in canon products is 231,000 human inhabitants, while Simone Neri in his “Demografia Mystariana¹ estimated about 280,000 inhabitants, mostly humans with some small minorities of other races. As explained in the previous articles of this series, I prefer to assume a much higher population density, particularly for non-human races.

The Wilderlands of Atruaghin lands

http://pandius.com/Atruaghin_wilderlands.png

[Image: Horse clan riders]
Caption: Horse clan riders in the plains

1 - Southern Red Orclands

“We beat the red orcs in the past many times. They imitate our customs because they admire us as warriors. They have become less cowards fighting us. We will beat them again many times in the moons to come. They will become better warriors to fight”
- Cetanwakuwa (Hunting Hawk), warrior of the Salmon Tribe.

Area: 320 x 28 miles, or 8,960 square miles.
Days to cross²: 3 days traversing the region or 25 days bordering the Plateau, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 225,000 (red orcs, ogres, kobolds, goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, geonids, gremlins, hill giants, harpies, lupins, troglodytes, brutemen, werecreatures, and at least 120 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In GAZ14 there are no details about the wilderlands of the Atruaghin lands.
- The Poor Wizard’s Almanac lists only normal animals such as horses, buffalo, birds of prey, jungle beasts, great cats and snakes. In 1011 AC the Clans are invaded by rogue Alphatian wizards, but later free themselves.
- In PC1 Tall Tales of the Wee Folk, centaurs are mentioned in the Plateau. In PC4 Night Howlers, it is rumoured that the Atruaghin would be able to turn into their totemic animals, suggesting a form of lycanthropy.
- In TM2 The Eastern Countries Trail Map, a King Hutapanca is mentioned. He could be a King of the Tiger clan, which is however named as Naravipa Dagger Tooth in the Poor Wizard’s Almanac.

In Fan productions:
- The replica map of Atruaghin lands by Thorfinn Tait is stored here: http://pandius.com/m_atrugh.html, also contains explanations on the canon names encountered in the map.
- The Monstrous Atlas: The Atruaghin clans by Sheldon Morris is here in the Vaults: http://pandius.com/ma_atru.html
- Fan Almanacs from AC 1014 to 1019 in the Vaults of Pandius http://pandius.com/alm.html include descriptions of Atruaghin and events, with the ascent of Eelsha Spider’s Kiss to High Priestess of the Tiger Clan and their raids on Darokin in 1014 AC. A humanoid invasion and a surrender of the Tiger Clan to Darokinian and other clans’ forces in 1015 AC. A successful rebellion against the Church of Atzanteotl among the Tiger Clan in 1019 AC, and a Darokinian gold rush in the territory of the Bear Clan, with war brewing.
- Long Runners, Royal Basset Hounds, Mongrels and Shag Head lupins from Dragon Magazine #237 are indicated as present in the Atruaghin lands by Simone Neri. According to Átila Pires dos Santos from Threshold Magazine issue #2 History of the Lupins http://pandius.com/histlupn.html the local breeds are the Shunka Warakin and the Urd and Grey Kobolds also live in the region.
- More fan developments and idea for the Atruaghin lands can be found in the section of the Vaults of Pandius http://pandius.com/atruagh.html

2 - Hills of Spirits

“The Spirits live in the hills, guarding us from the betrayers, the Children of the Tiger, and from the Easterners who would invade our lands. We know that because Spirits are our friends”
- Hok'ee (High wolf), shaman of the Mountain Goat Tribe.

Area: 140 x 24 miles, or 3,200 square miles.
Days to cross: 3 days traversing the region or 10 days bordering the Plateau, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 80,000 (gnolls, other humanoids, undead, fairies, hill giants, geonids, gremlins, harpies, lizardmen, troglodytes, brutemen, werecreatures and at least 50 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

[Image: View of Bear clan village atop the Plateau]
Caption: Bear clan village atop the Plateau

In Canon products:
- In GAZ14 or other canon products there is no information about this region, see above about canon information on the Atruaghin territories.

In Fan productions:
- See above

3 - Narwal Coast

“The Tigers fear the Turtles, as they should, because the coast is ours. We trade with the people of the east, we fish, we hunt the lord of the waves. We drown the Tigers who get too near to the waters, as Tigers cannot swim as good as us”
- C’aak Hupal (Water moon), warrior of the Pelican Tribe.

Area: 185 x 20 miles, or 3,700 square miles.
Days to cross: 2 days traversing the region or 20 days bordering the coast, normally it is possible to cover only 10 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 95,000 (kobolds, gnolls, other humanoids, hill giants, harpies, troglodytes, lizardmen, brutemen and at least 50 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In GAZ14 there is no canon information about this region.
- Merrow and Kna are probably the most common inhabitants of the coast, or so it can be deduced from the map in PC3 The Sea People.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above

4 - The Singing Forest

“Men and women go into the Singing Forest and sometimes they return. They return with gifts, they return with curses. They return changed.”
- Ltsuq Tyee (Water chief), boat master of the Halibut Tribe.

Area: 160 x 80 miles, or 12,800 square miles.
Days to cross: 10 days north - south or 20 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 8 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 350,000 (humanoids, faeries, gremlins, harpies, lizardmen, troglodytes, brutemen and at least 200 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In GAZ14 this area is not described, only named as The Singing Forest on the map. The Palace of Atruaghin however is described in the Gazetteer as a connection between the Outer and the Hollow Worlds.
- In Who’s Who Among Dragons by Bruce Heard, published in Dragon Magazine #170 and reproduced in the Vaults http://pandius.com/whoswho.html, in the deep of the forest lies Atturamak, the realm dominated by Attura, a 16-HD green dragon.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.

Sind and Jaibul

Populations and density

[Image: Sind Populations]
http://pandius.com/Sind_people.png

In Sind, I have marked as settled areas, in yellow, only the big cities and their immediate vicinities. There are only about 130 such hexes, but their density should be quite high, around 100 people per square mile, therefore containing 830,000 inhabitants. In Jaibul there are 12 hexes of high density, containing about 75,000 people.
The borderlands are extensive, about 700 hexes with a population of 1,125,000 humans and about 125,000 non-humans. In Jaibul there are about 85 hexes of wilderlands which should contain 135,000 human inhabitants and 15,000 non-human ones.
The blue regions in the north of Sind are those inhabited by lupins and rakasta, and should amount to about 350,000.
The wilderlands of Sind, depicted in purple, are immense. There are about 2,340 hexes of wilderlands which should contain 150,000 human inhabitants and 3,750,000 non-human inhabitants. Jaibul has 65 wilderland hexes for a non-human population of about 100,000 intelligent creatures.
The territory of Sind and Jaibul should be able to support more than 3,000 dragons.
My estimation of the total human population of the region of Sind and Jaibul is therefore 2,315,000 inhabitants, which is way higher than the 550,000 human inhabitants in Sind (plus the same number of humanoids and minions of Hule) estimated in the Poor Wizard’s Almanac. My estimation is not very far from the about 2 million human inhabitants in Sind and Jaibul estimated by Simone Neri in his Demografia.
Given the extension of the wilderlands and borderlands in the region my estimation of the non-human population, however, is way higher, reaching 4 million intelligent creatures. These creatures should be lupins and rakasta, gnolls, manscorpions, trolls, sphinxes, undead, efreets and djinns (mentioned in the Poor Wizard’s Almanac ) shapeshifters of various nature (mentioned in the History of Sind) bugbears, gnolls, ogres (mentioned in the settled lands in X4 Master of the Desert Nomads) and also red and grey orcs, thouls, gargoyles (supposed by Simone Neri) adaptors, beholders, bhuts, faenare, geonids, giants, harpies, mujina, nagpa, pooka, sidhe, tabi, troglodytes, werecreatures (supposed by Sheldon Morris based on nearby lands and the encounters in modules X4 and X5). The Explorer’s Manual of Champions of Mystara Boxed Set mentions on page 18 Dylkes Sahib ("Mister Charming”), the legendary father of all crocodiles, living in the Salt Swamp. I imagined him in Threshold issue #9 as a huge black dragon with gatormen servants. Lizardmen, caymen, chameleon men and brutemen could also be present in Sind, as they are all creatures present in the B and X series of modules.

1 - Urduk Plain

“Kadesh claims this land, as Urduk nomads and Ogres do. Their claim however is more effective than the one made by our government.”
- Kamlesh Das, officer of the army of Kadesh.

Area: 56 x 72 miles, or 4,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 4 days east - west or 5 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 100,000 (ogres, grey orcs, kobolds, gremlins, manscorpions and at least 50 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of Kadesh is briefly described on page 22.
- In the Poor Wizard’s Almanac Sind is briefly described, flora and fauna listed is animal herds (cattle), giant ants, bandits in the desert, basilisks, camels, cockatrices, djinn, red dragons, efreet, elephants, ghouls, gnolls, giant lizards, manscorpions, mummies, giant scorpions, shadows, sphinxes and trolls. In the time of 1010-1013 AC Sind is occupied by the force of the Master of Hule, but in the meantime the new religion of Gareth is rising, and rebels rise against the occupants.
- The first part of X4, Master of the Desert Nomads is set in Sind invaded by the force of the Master of Hule (even if at the time Sind has not been developed yet as a nation and is not mentioned as such) from Pramayama to the Salt Swamp and the Sind desert.

In Fan productions:
- The replica map of Sind by Thorfinn Tait is stored here: http://pandius.com/m_sndjai.html, also contains explanations on the canon names encountered in the map.
- The Monstrous Atlas: The Kingdom of Sind by Sheldon Morris is here in the Vaults: http://pandius.com/ma_sind.html
- Fan Almanacs from AC 1014 to 1019 in the Vaults of Pandius http://pandius.com/alm.html include descriptions of Sind and events, with Sind freed from the Master’s forces between 1016 and 1017 AC and the independence of northern mumlykets.
- More fan resources on Sind can be found in its section in the Vaults of Pandius: http://pandius.com/sind.html

“Sure the caravan road to Baratkand is much longer, at least 40 days to reach Sayr Ulan. If you take the southern road through the Kurish you could reach Sayr Ulan in 25 days. But you will have to cross the Kurish”
- Khushnaseeb, Latehar guard.

Area: 480 x 96 miles, or 46,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 100 days east - west or 20 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 5 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 1,200,000 (giants, ogres, grey orcs, red orcs, bugbears, kobolds, other humanoids, lupins, rakasta, gremlins, tabi, troglodytes, brutemen and at least 700 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

[Image: Sindian battle against humanoids]
Caption: Sindian battle against humanoids

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlykets of Kadesh, Peshmir and Gunjab are briefly described on page 20-23. In the boxed set the mountains are called Amsorak mountains, even if the map has Kurish Massif. Amsorak could be the Darokinian name, and Kurish the Sindhi one.
- In Dragon Magazine #247, the article “Rakasta of Mystara” by Bruce Heard mentions Mountain Rakasta in the Kurish Massif.

In Fan productions:
- See area 1 above
- In Dragon Magazine #237, the article “Lupins of the Mystara setting” introduces several breeds. Sind is not mentioned, but Simone Neri in his “Demografia Mystariana” supposes almost all the breed described for Glantri and the Savage Coast could also be present in Sind. Atila Pires dos Santos created the Senjabi as a Sindian breed here http://pandius.com/lupnbred.html and in Threshold magazine issue #2, where he supposes also some Urd kobolds could live in Sind as well as in Atruaghin lands. The Senjabi should inhabit mostly Peshmir and the northern mumlykets.
- In “History And Evolution Of Rakastas” by Simone Neri http://pandius.com/rakhevol.html rakasta and rakshasa inhabited Sind until their expulsion during the revolt against the shapeshifters. I assume however many still inhabit the northern mountains.

“Two major caravan roads cross the desert, with villages, oasis and caravanserai. Far from them however is a sparsely inhabited land claimed by humanoids, Urduk nomads and such. Better to stay away, if you ask me.”
- Abhijeet, Baratpur caravan guard.

Area: 175 x 175 miles, or 31,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 14 days east - west or north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 700,000 (ogres, grey orcs, gnolls, kobolds, humans, gremlins, nagpa, tabi, manscorpions and at least 400 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of Baratkand is briefly described on page 20. See also region 1 above.

In Fan productions:
- See area 1 above

4 - The Eastern Wildlands

“The eastern wildlands have been left as game preserves for years by the maharajah of Nagpuri, Sindrastan and Shajarkand. That’s what the Himaya tell foreigners. The truth is most of this land belongs to the red orcs, and they often come out of it to hunt humans. Unless the maharajahs pay them well, of course.”
- Jitendra, Jadugerya (wizard) of Sayr Ulan.

Area: 400 x 36 miles, or 15,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 3 days east - west or 30 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 350,000 (red orcs, gnolls, kobolds, geonids, brutemen, troglodytes, manscorpions and at least 200 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

[Image: Sindian warriors fighting a red orc]
Caption: Sindian warriors fighting a red orc

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlykets are briefly described on page 22-23. See also region 1 above.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 of Sind and also region 1 of the Atruaghin lands above.

5 - Nemkin Ylaka (The Great Salt Swamp)

“The swamp has lost ruins, monsters, crocodiles, prized flowers. A haven for adventurers and explorers, and also the tomb of many of them”
- Radha, Rishiya (cleric) of Parvati (Valerias) in Khamrati.

Area: 200 x 80 miles, or 16,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 50 days east - west or 20 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 4 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 400,000 (gatormen, lizardmen, caymen, troglodytes, frogfolk, kobolds and other humanoids, manscorpions and at least 250 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of West Jhengal and the swamp are briefly described on page 21-22, along with the rare Kajahali flower. Shajarkand is described on page 24 with the mention of the ruins of a lost city in the swamp near Kargani. See also region 1 above.
- On page 18 under Asin (Ambyrmont) is described a festival in the Salt Swamp dedicated to Dylkes Sahib ("Mister Charming”), the legendary father of all crocodiles. I imagined him in Threshold issue #9 as a huge black dragon with gatormen servants.
- In X4 Master of the Desert Nomad there is an encounter with a mysterious magical entity living in the swamp, the Malakaz.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.

6 - The Shajarkand Desert

“Outside the main road there are many dangers, including bandits and humanoids. Young Himayas have many chances to prove their worth in the wilds. Or die trying. ”
- Nirmal, Himaya (warrior) in Naral.

Area: 130 x 64 miles, or 8,300 square miles.
Days to cross: 2-8 days east - west or 10 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 200,000 (gnolls, kobolds and other humanoids, humans, sis’thik, manscorpions and at least 120 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of Shajarkand is described on page 24 but no details are given about this area.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above. According to Thorf’s map, Shajarkand has other ancient ruins in its territory, which could date back to the early years of Sindh or even to the ancient Azcan and Oltec empires from before the Great Rain of Fire.

7 - The Jhengal Desert

“Humans dig into the earth to find stones and gems, stealing from our land. They will soon regret it”
- Vadash, chief of the Roaring Moon gnolls and kobolds tribe.

Area: 88 x 72 miles, or 6,340 square miles.
Days to cross: 6 days east - west or 7 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 150,000 (gnolls, kobolds and other humanoids, humans, sis’thik, efreet, djinn, manscorpions and at least 100 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlykets of Azadgal and West Jhengal are described on pages 19-22: the region is rich in precious minerals and contested.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.

8 - The Sind Desert

“Beyond lies the vast desert, where people live, some enemies some allies. Some will be blessed by Himayeti, some will be destroyed by Aksyri³”
- Sarika, Rishiya (cleric) of Hymayeti (Ixion) in Sindri.

Area: 290 x 40 miles, or 11,500 square miles.
Days to cross: 4 days east - west or 29 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 10 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 200,000 (gnolls, kobolds and other humanoids, humans, sis’thik, efreet, djinn, desert ghosts, manscorpions and at least 150 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of West Jhengal is described on pages 21-22: the region is subject to raids from Urduk nomads and humanoids.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.

9 - The Desert of Putnabad and Jaibul

“Many people inhabit the desert and the hills. All have some power, and some have powerful magic. If we are able to unite them, the Black Rajah will fall and freedom will return in Jaibul”
- Timingila Uma, former Rishiya and leader of the resistance in Jaibul.

Area: 180 x 50 miles, or 9,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 4 days east - west or 15 days north - south, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 200,000 (gnolls, kobolds and other humanoids, humans, sis’thik, efreet, djinn, manscorpions and at least 130 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- In Champions of Mystara’s Explorer Manual the mumlyket of Putnabad and the ryaset of Jaibul are described on pages 23-24: the border is inhabited also by rebels who fight against the Black Rajah of Jaibul, who constantly plots to take over Putnabad, as described in Voyages of the Princess Ark (and in Champions of Mystara, Heroes of the Princess Ark book, pages 5-9).

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.

Adri Varma

Populations and density

http://pandius.com/Adri_Varma_people.png

Foreword: About Gulluvia and the Adri Varma Plateau
Gulluvia was introduced in the first edition of the module B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (orange cover) where the disappeared city of Haven was placed in the Adri Varma plateau northwest of Glantri. Later the module was moved to Karameikos in the (green cover) later edition and both Gulluvia and the Adri Varma plateau were basically ignored by later canon products (except for a brief mention in the Dragonlord trilogy, set in 500 AC, about the Overlord’s army amassing in the unnamed territory north west of Glantri⁴). The Mystara fan community however filled the void and now there are a lot of resources about the Adri Varma plateau, listed below, and also a Gazetteer in Italian by Omnibius (Roberto Roma), translated into English by Gary Davies and available in the Vaults:
http://pandius.com/Adri_Varma.pdf which compiles and expand the available fan resources. The Adri Varma plateau is also inhabited by unique races, such as the oghriz (mixed Neathar/Oltec humans, orcs and ogres), the stolari (cactus men), the ungolwaith or sandfolk (four armed humanoids introduced in the module DA3: “City of the Gods”) and the ubue (humanoids with three heads, arms and legs which appear in the original edition of B3).

In Adri Varma, I have marked as civilized in yellow only the human communities of Gulluvia and the town nearest to Glantri and Sind. There are about 30 such hexes with should have a relative high density (over 100 people per square mile) and a total population of 200,000, mostly humans with some humanoids and oghriz. I have marked in orange (as borderlands) the rest of the territory more or less controlled by Gulluvia. There are about 105 such hexes for a population of about 170,000 people mostly humans with some humanoids and oghriz.
The light orange hexes are instead inhabited by oghriz, humanoids and humans, in roughly the same proportion with a majority of humans in the south and oghriz in the north. A few humanoids are integrated in the human or oghriz society, while some are hostile to both. There are about 185 such hexes for a population of 300,000 inhabitants.
The hexes in grey are those inhabited mostly by oghriz with minorities of humans and humanoids. The area of Sol-Klor, the oghriz city, should have a density of more than 100 people per square mile. It is about 35 hexes wide and should have 230,000 inhabitants. The rest of the grey hexes are inhabited by nomadic oghriz and have therefore a much lower density, containing about 400,000 inhabitants in 300 hexes.
The blue hexes are inhabited by lupins and rakasta. There are about 230 such hexes which should support a population of about 500,000 inhabitants.
Last, the true wilderlands of the plateau, in purple, cover most of its territory, 3,000 hexes with a density of about 20 people per square miles and 3,750,000 inhabitants, mostly sandfolk, stolari, manscorpions, ubue, giants, ogres, orcs, trolls, hobgoblins, goblins, kobolds, bugbears, troglodytes, brutemen, lizardmen, geonids, faerie, faenare, werecreatures and frogfolk. An estimation of the different people inhabiting the plateau could be of 450,000 humans, 700,000 oghriz, 250,000 lupins, 250,000 rakasta, 500,000 sandfolk, 500,000 stolari, 300,000 orcs, 200,000 ogres, 200,000 hobgoblins, 200,000 goblins, 200,000 bugbears, 200,000 kobolds, 200,000 manscorpions, 200,000 ubue, 200,000 brutemen, 200,000 troglodytes, 100,000 lizardmen, 100,000 trolls, 100,000 frogfolk, 100,000 geonids, 100,000 fairies, including centaurs, 100,000 giants, 100,000 faenare, 100,000 werecreatures, undead and other intelligent races. The plateau should also be able to support 3,500 dragons.

The Wilderlands of Adri Varma

[Image: Adri Varma Wilderlands]

http://pandius.com/Adri_Varma_wilderlands.png

“Lots of different people inhabit this region. Some can be partners in trade, some can be reasoned with, some must be bribed, some could be scared away, others must be fought. But if you do not have someone with you who knows which is which, you are dead”
- Pyrin, dwarf trader living in Thorold.

Area: 305 x 210 miles, or 64,000 square miles.
Days to cross⁵: 25 days north - south or 18 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 1,280,000 (oghriz, orcs, ogres, hobgoblins, giants, other humanoids, lupins, sandfolk, stolari, ubue, brutemen and at least 1,000 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- This region is not described in the original B3

In Fan productions:
- All the available resources on the Adri Varma Plateau are stored here on the Vaults of Pandius: http://pandius.com/adrivarm.html
- Sheldon Morris’ Monstrous Atlas http://pandius.com/ma_adriv.html list as intelligent inhabitants of the Plateau brownies, dragons, dwarves, geonids, giants, hobgoblins, leprechauns, lupins, manscorpions (scorpionfolk), nagpa, neanderthals (brutemen), ogres, orcs, rakasta, sidhe, thouls, ubue. Other intelligent beings which should inhabit the plateau are oghriz, sandfolk and stolari (from other fan resources), centaurs, kobolds (as they appear in the original B3), and possibly chameleon men, caymen, other fairies, gargoyles, gyerians, hivebrood, other humanoids, lizard men, troglodytes, werecreatures and any other creature mentioned in adventures and modules set in the Known World.
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed in this region mostly humanoids, lupins, brutemen, giants and sandfolk.

2 - Adri Varma Hills

“The gateway to the vastness of Brun is a dangerous realm inhabited by giants, humanoids, lupins, rakasta and manscorpions. Beyond there is Grouzhina, Kyurdukstan, the Borean valley and much more, if you can reach them”
- V’stor, half oghriz warrior of Desh.

Area: 560 x 40-160 miles, or 56,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 70 days north - south or 5-20 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 8 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 1,120,000 (hobgoblins, goblins, giants, lupins, rakasta, fairies, manscorpions and at least 700 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- This region is not described in the original B3

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed in this region mostly humanoids, lupins, rakasta, fairies brutemen, giants and manscorpions.

3 - The Dark Wood and the Misty Swamp

“A cursed land it is, some say, with the restless dead. Others say it’s a land inhabited by fairies and centaurs and prohibited to men and oghriz. Others say the hobgoblins rule there. Whatever the truth is, people fear the swamp and the woods with good reason”
- Shiara, artisan in Thorold.

Area: 150 x 80 miles, or 12,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 15 days north - south or 8 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 10 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 245,000 (hobgoblins, brutemen, fairies, centaurs lizardmen, troglodytes, caymen and at least 180 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- The Misty Swamp was described on page 4 of the original B3. Fans later expanded the story about a mysterious evil wizard living in the area.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above, in particular Atzri-Voca, Azcan Lich by Christopher Cherrington http://pandius.com/atzrivoc.html
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed in this region the Black Pyramid of Atzri-Voca, hobgoblins and fairies. The Ancient Palace marked on the map is the original location of Princess Argenta palace of Haven from B3.

4 - The Thousand Caves

“We will soon take back the hills from the vermin which infest them above and below ground. They will submit again to the rule of Gulluvia or be destroyed”
- Lady D’hmis, Baroness of Gulluvia.

Area: 120 x 40 miles, or 5,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 15 days north - south or 5 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 8 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 120,000 (humanoids, brutemen, troglodytes, manscorpions and at least 75 dragons), with very extensive underground areas.

[Image: Painting of humanoids and oghriz fighting]
Caption: Painting of humanoid and oghriz fighting

In Canon products:
- This region was described on page 4 of the original B3 under Moorfowl mountains. The text says the former dwarven mines have been overrun by evil creatures.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed in this region The Thousand Caves, an extensive underground network of former dwarven and gnomish mines, now mostly occupied by humanoids and troglodytes.

5 - Western Gulluvia

“Lady D’hmis thinks she can conquer us, or persuade us to join her puny barony. She is gravely mistaken. We will throw ubues and giants to her, or our own claws”
- Ka’eta, shaman and chief of the Aszen rakasta.

Area: 120 x 80 miles, or 10,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 15 days north - south or 10 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 8 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 120,000 (rakasta, giants, ubue, humanoids and at least 150 dragons), with extensive underground areas.

In Canon products:
- The village of Dead Mule was briefly described on page 4 of the original B3, as a former peaceful town of miners occupied by Gulluvia soldiers.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed here the Aszen rakasta, ubue lairs and giants in the stronghold of Sand Thunders.

6 - The Red Waste of the South East

“A dangerous land it is, but caravans cross it every day, as trade in exotic goods, gems, rare metals, spices and monsters is important for Glantri and the rich Princes do not care at all about the many Gulluvian or Glantrian men lost in defence of the caravans”
- Louis, soldier in the Fortress of Ylourgne.

Area: 400 x 160 miles, or 64,000 square miles.
Days to cross: 13 days north - south or 35 days east - west, normally it is possible to cover only 12 miles per day due to the difficult terrain.
Intelligent inhabitants: probably up to 1,300,000 (rakasta, giants, ubue, humanoids and at least 1,000 dragons), with possible underground areas.

In Canon products:
- This region is not described on page 4 of the original B3, as the desert depicted on the Plateau in later canon maps is not present in the module. The town of Velders is briefly described as occupied by Gulluvia and subject to humanoid raids.

In Fan productions:
- See region 1 above.
- In my 8 miles per hex map of the Plateau (http://pandius.com/adri.jpg) I placed here mostly the Ungolwaith (sandfolk), the stolari, ubue, manscorpions with some tribes of oghriz, ogres, orcs, kobolds and some human villages. (Velders is wrongly spelled Veldens on my map.

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2By foot with light encumbrance. However as this refers to difficult wilderlands, often without trails, the movement rate on horses should not be much different. Note also that the chance of getting lost in these areas, unless the PCs have a good map or a good guide, should be very high, so the actual travel time could easily double.

3The destructive aspect of Ixion in Champions of Mystara boxed set, page 15 of the Explorer’s manual.

4See also David Keyser’s Dragonlord Chronicles - Detailed Summaries http://pandius.com/dlrdchrn.html

5By foot with light encumbrance. However as this refers to difficult wilderlands, often without trails, the movement rate on horses should not be much different. Note also that the chances of getting lost in these areas, unless the PCs have a good map or a good guide, should be very high, so the actual travel time could easily double.

	[Image: Ancient map] Part of Tabula Peutingeriana, konrad miller´s facsimile from 1887, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Known World Populations] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22alVTYUNxZUhlLXM
	[Image: Map key Populations] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22ZFMwX2pMZEhuaEk
	[Image: Atruaghin Populations] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22cnRJZ3VhQ1V1cHM
	[Image: Atruaghin Wilderlands] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22X0Q1cDZGS0xBTFk
	[Image: Horse clan riders] The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: View of the Orclands hills] Badlands National Park, photo by Martin Kraft via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: View of Bear clan village atop the Plateau] Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, USA, photo by Scott Catron via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Turtle clan canoe] Painting “Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia” by Charles Marion Russell via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Elk clan family] Illustration by H.J. Ford for Andrew Lang's The Strange Story Book, 1913, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Sind Populations] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22YVJSaXJwNGVkZTA
	[Image: Sind Wilderlands] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22MkoyTUpLUURCX1E
	[Image: Sindian battle against humanoids] Krishna and the Pandava Princes battle Demons, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Baratkand desert] A view of sand dunes of Thar desert, photo by Last Emperor via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Sindian warriors fighting a red orc] Krishna, Arjuna and Pradyuma release a shower of arrows at the Demon Nikumbha, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: View of the swamp] Ratargul Swamp Forest situated at Gwainghat, Sylhet, photo by Falsegeek via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Ruins in the desert] Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, photo by Jibin Varghese via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Maharaja’s entourage] Great Mogul And His Court Returning From The Great Mosque At Delhi India - Painting by Edwin Lord Weeks, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Adri Varma Populations] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22WThpSXNsWmVMX0E
	[Image: Adri Varma Wilderlands] Original work by author	https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4FkxRFtCZ22bWg0OXNLdmZMd0U
	[Image: Northern desert with snow] Snow surrounds the Desert, photo by 111 Emergency, via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Stream in the hills] Afghanistan picture by Vladimir Lysenko (I.), via Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Painting of humanoids and oghriz fighting] Ramayana Mural, Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok, photo by Thaths, via Flickr and Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: Western Gulluvia in spring] Mountains and River in Faryab province Afghanistan, photo by PRT Meymaneh via Flickr and Wikimedia commons	Source
	[Image: View of the Stolari desert] Saguaro National Park, photo by Joe Parks via Flickr and Wikimedia commons	Source